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[Lou Jing – Growing Up Black In China]

[Drew Griffin] Source: LYBIO.net
Racism in China – it’s not something you often hear about, but when one young woman stepped into the national spotlight on a reality TV show, much of the attention quickly turned to talk about the color of her skin. Emily Chang reports from Shanghai in a story you will only see here on CNN.

[Emily Chang]
It started with the lure of the glitz, the glamour, the dream of being China’s next pop star. But Lou Jing’s instant fame had its consequences. She was born in Shanghai to a Chinese mother and an African-American father who she’s never met.

(inaudible) one year old? So cute!

Growing up with a single mom, 20-year-old Lou Jing says she had a normal life, good friends and only rarely felt out of place.

[Lou Jing]
Sometimes people on the street would ask me, why do you speak Chinese so well? I’d say, because I’m Chinese.

[Emily Chang] Source: LYBIO.net
When Lou Jing stepped into the national spotlight on a Chinese reality show called “Go! Oriental Angel,” she got attention not necessarily because of her talent, but because of how she looked. Hosts fondly called her “Chocolate Girl” and “Black Pearl.” The Chinese media fixated on her skin color. Angry netizens vented online, saying she never should have been born and telling her to get out of China, sparking a bitter debate about race.

[Emily Chang]
In many respects, China can be considered a very homogenous society. More than 90% of the population is Hun Chinese, so people who look different standout.

[Lou Jing]
“At first, I cried a lot,” she says, “Then I got angry, and finally I just started to ignore it.”

[Emily Chang]
Lou Jing’s background became national gossip. Show producers convinced her mom to appear on air, the most private details of their life becoming painfully public.

“Lou Jing didn’t ask me about her dad until she was 16,” she told the audience. “I cried and she never asked me again.” But, as the show went on, so did Lou Jing, listening to Beyonce, her favorite artist, hanging out with classmates and going to school.

“I was so angry,” says her drama teacher, “But she said she wasn’t letting these things get to her heart.”

Fans continued to vote for her, the judges praised her confidence. Lou Jing was eliminated before the finale, but not without a powerful parting message.

[Emily Chang] Source: LYBIO.net
I think I’m the same as all the girls here, except for my skin color. We share the same stage and the same dream.

Emily Chang, CNN, Shanghai.

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